Improvement in cans for preserving meat



M. BRENNER. CANS FOR PRESERVING MEAT.

Patented Feb-20,1377

ILFEI'ERS. PHQTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED STATES.

OFFICE.

MOSES BRENNER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN CANS FOR PRESERVING MEAT.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 187,59,dated February20, 1877; application filed January 19, 1877.

To all whom it may concern .sealed therein for future use, as well asfor preserving pickled meats which have notbeen cooked prior to beingsealed up in cans.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows my improved can in a condition to bescaled up, and Fig. 2 is a section thereof, showing the can after meathas been scaled up therein.

As indicated in the drawings, the body A oi the can is of peculiarshape, and may be describedas having a formin the likeness of aflattenedtruncated cone. In other words, it is flattened on two sides to formparallel portions 9 g, thus allowing economy of space in packing the canfor transportation, as well as adapting itself to the ordinary form ofmeat as cut for table use, and has its portions 0 and c rounded, inorderthat its interior surfaces may afford no obstruction to the removalof its contents. The top portion 0, being rounded or concave, allows thesmall end of a piece of meat to be snugly doubled over, as sh wn indotted lines in Fig. 2, and thus fill the space in that portion of thecan; and, as there are no corners in which the meat can seat itself, orbecome wedged, the meat can be readily withdrawn on removal of thebottom The body of the can between the top portion '0 and bottom 61 Imake of a single piece of sheet-tin, united by a single lap-joint orseam, as at 6, thus saving labor and expense in soldering, as comparedwith cans having a body constructed of more than one piece.

Fig. 1 shows the can ready to have themeat packed therein, and thebottom at soldered thereon. After the bottom is soldered on, the air andsuperfluous moisture are then pumped out through the aperture b,\vhere'upon the cover b is soldered over the aperture, thus completelysealing the can. If deemed of advantage, the aperture 1) may be madesmall enough to be completely closed by solder, and thus dispense withthe cover bn Havingdescribed myinvention, what Iclaim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patcut, isl A can for preserving meats, having itsbody A constructed to form a flattened truncated cone, with parallelportions g g, and with an interiorly-concave top, 0, and roundedportions 0, substantially as described.

Witness my hand in the matter of my application for a patent for animproved can for preserving meats this 13th day of January, A. D. 1877.

V MOSES BRENNER.

Witnesses: G. E. SANGSTOR, O. GEO. BEAVER.

